Samurai Shodown
The Game Boy version of Samurai Shodown includes all the characters, stages, and most of the special moves, but has no combos, fatalities, or voices. All the music tracks are included, albeit in scaled-down…
Samurai Shodown is a fighting developed by SNK, released 30 June 1994 on Game Boy.
What Samurai Shodown is
Samurai Shodown is a fighting game developed by SNK and released in 1994. It was published by Playtronic. It is available on Game Boy only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The Game Boy version of Samurai Shodown includes all the characters, stages, and most of the special moves, but has no combos, fatalities, or voices. All the music tracks are included, albeit in scaled-down form. It also features two new characters: Kuroko and Hikyaku.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the Samurai Shodown series
Samurai Shodown is the second of 31 entries we hold in the Samurai Shodown series. It arrived 12 months after Samurai Shodown. The next entry was Samurai Shodown II in 1994.
What it launched against
Samurai Shodown launched on 30 June 1994, within three weeks of Donkey Kong, Jazz Jackrabbit, Disney's The Jungle Book and Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors.
Released around the same time: Donkey Kong, Jazz Jackrabbit, Disney's The Jungle Book, Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors.
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